Give back to your alma mater, Sudha Murty tells students

She was delivering the 39th annual convocation address of Mangalore University

Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty on Saturday exhorted the student community to give back to their alma mater a part of their earnings. “All earnings are not for you; you are entitled only to part of it,” she said. Delivering the 39th annual convocation address of Mangalore University through virtual mode, Ms. Murty said: “Giving back is always a joy”. Giving her own example, she said if there was no BVB College of Engineering and Karnataka University at Hubballi-Dharwad, she would not have become an engineer. Then she would not have supported N.R. Narayana Murty to set up Infosys. As such, every educational institution in one’s life plays a very crucial role, Ms. Murty said. Quoting the 33 tenets of Taittiriya Upanishad that were taught at the Ghatikotsava of Gurukulas, Ms. Murty said they taught students how one should lead life after academics. These tenets were mentioned during annual convocations of universities in earlier days, she remembered. When one earns money more than one’s requirements, it might push one’s next generation to bad habits. As such, the same should be shared with the less privileged to enjoy happiness in life.